MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511190000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511190000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 19 NOV 25 Station: 42.2,-88.1 Latitude: 42.20 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 190 SFC 994 236 6.2 3.2 81 3.0 4.8 64 4 279.8 280.6 278.2 293.1 4.83 2 950 608 2.5 2.2 98 0.3 2.4 70 4 279.7 280.5 278.0 292.7 4.71 3 900 1043 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 204 7 280.6 281.3 277.4 291.5 3.90 4 850 1502 2.1 -0.1 86 2.2 1.1 177 7 288.3 289.1 281.8 301.1 4.47 5 800 1992 2.3 -3.8 64 6.1 -0.3 179 7 293.6 294.2 283.1 304.3 3.61 6 750 2513 2.0 -6.4 54 8.3 -1.5 216 8 298.7 299.3 284.7 308.3 3.17 7 700 3067 0.1 -12.0 39 12.2 -4.4 229 12 302.6 303.0 285.1 309.4 2.17 8 650 3658 -2.4 -15.4 36 13.0 -6.9 254 19 306.2 306.5 286.0 311.9 1.77 9 600 4289 -6.3 -17.5 41 11.2 -9.9 261 26 308.9 309.2 286.8 314.1 1.61 10 550 4963 -10.9 -22.9 37 11.9 -14.1 267 30 311.1 311.3 287.0 314.8 1.10 11 500 5687 -16.1 -24.0 50 7.9 -18.0 273 40 313.4 313.6 287.8 317.1 1.10 12 450 6470 -22.2 -26.8 66 4.6 -23.1 272 50 315.4 315.5 288.3 318.6 0.95 13 400 7324 -29.2 -37.4 45 8.1 -30.2 273 57 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.4 0.39 14 350 8261 -36.7 -49.9 24 13.2 -37.6 272 65 319.2 319.2 288.6 319.6 0.11 15 300 9312 -44.4 -55.7 27 11.3 -44.9 277 83 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.0 0.07 16 250 10510 -51.5 -65.4 18 13.9 -51.8 272 79 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.02 17 200 11940 -56.5 -72.7 11 16.2 -56.7 270 93 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.01 18 150 13749 -60.7 -80.7 6 19.9 -60.9 275 68 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16257 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 283 44 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5496.65 m Freezing level: 913.04 mb = 929.46 m = 3049.37 ft Freezing level: 885.20 mb = 1178.76 m = 3867.28 ft Freezing level: 697.22 mb = 3100.29 m = 10171.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 914.92 mb = 910.61 m = 2987.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.53 % Est. max temperature: 15.29 C = 59.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.09 mb = 615.95 m = 2020.81 ft T: 2.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.27 mb = 776.89 m = 2548.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.47 C = 43.65 F Cap Strength: 17.52 C Lifted Index: 18.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.19 C Showalter Index: 12.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.17 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 5.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.57 mb = 774.32 m = 2540.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.57 mb = 817.62 m = 2682.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 895.57 mb = 1082.45 m = 3551.30 ft B at Equ Level: 5.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 875.57 mb = 1263.99 m = 4146.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.7 neg: -9.2 tot: 84.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 11.70 m/s